Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-16
ISLAND POND VERMONT SEPTEMBER is, Iss7

A man was dying: and he said to his wife;
"Rehccca, You wouldn't lot ma Ea%e family
prayers; and you langhel about all that. add
you got me- away into worldliness; and now
am going to die, and my fate is sealed, and
you are the Gauss OF my ruiul" y woman,
what knowest thou but thou canst destroy
thy hnsbdudi Are there not some here who
have kindly iItduericcs nt homei Are there
not some here who have ~atfdere1 far away
from God, who can remember the Cbristien
influences in the early homes DO not de
spise those influences my brother. If you
die without Christ, what will you do
with your mothers prayers, with your
wlte's importmnities, With your sisters
the letters they used TO write to you, with
the memory of those days when they atten lei
you so kindly in times of siclInessi Oh, if
there be Just ono strand holding you from
floating off on that dark sea, would just
like this morning TO take hold OF that strand
and pull you to the beach, For tue sake Of
your wife's Col, for tho sake of your mothers
God. for the sake of your daughters God for
the sake Of yPur sisters God, como this day
and be saved.
Lastly, | wish to say that one Of the specific
rights of woman is, through the grace ef
Christ. hually TO reach Heaven! Mary,
Christ's mother, in Heaven; Elizahsth Fry in
Heaven; Charlotte Elizabeth in Heaven the
mother of AugStine in Heaven; tho Countess
of Huntingdon-who sold her splendid Jewels
to build chapels-in Heaven; while d great
many others who have never beou heard of
on earth or known but little, have gone into
the rest and peace of heaven What a rest
What change it was from the small room,
with no fire and one window, the glass broken
cut, and ths aching side, and worn out eyes,
TO tho "housa or many niansons!" No
more stitching until II at night, no more
Lhrusting of the thumb Ivy tha employer
through tho work to show il was not done
quite right rlentY of bread at last.
Heaven Tor aching heads. Heaven for broken
hearts. Heaven for anguish bitten frames.
No more sitting mp until midnight for the
coming of the staggering st,ps No more
rough blows across the temples. No more
sharp, kocn, bitter curses Soma of yon will
have 10 rest in this world. 1t will be toll and
struggle and suffering all the way up. You
will have to stand at your door fighting back
tho wolf with your own hand, red with car
mage But Col has a crown for you. l
want to realize this morning that he is now
making it, and whenever you weep n tear he
sets another gem in that crown; whenever
you haVe panS Of body Or
soul, he puts another gem IN that
crown, until. nfter a while, III all the
tiara there will I've no room for an
other splendor, and God will say 10 his angel:
Il lie crown is uOne. leJ ner up LllaG 5ne may
wear it," Aud Us the Lord Of righteousness
puts the crown upon your brow angel will
cry to angel: "Who is sheF' aud Christ will
say: 81 will tell you who she is She is the
one That came up out of great tribulntou,
and hal her robe washed and made white in
the blood of the Lamb" And then God will
spread a banquet, and He will invite all the
principalites of heaven to sit Mt the feast;
and the tables will blush with the best
clusters from The vineyards of God,
and crimson with the twelve manner
of fruits from the Tree of Life and waters
from the fountains of the rock will flash from
the golden tankards and the old harpers OF
heaven will sit there, making music with their
barps and Christ will point you out, amid
the celebrities of heaven, saying: "Sho suf-
fered with me on earth, now we are going to
be glorifed together. And the banqueters,
no longer able to hold their peace, will break
forth with congratulation: Hail" hail!'
And there will be handwritings on the WALL
not such as struck the Persian nobeman
with horror-but fire-tipped fingers, writing
in blazing capitals of light, and love, and
victory: "God hath wiped away ali tears
from all facesm